Victory in Europe: One Year Later

Join The National WWII Museum as we commemorate the surrender of Nazi Germany and V-E Day by taking a look back at the events of the year after surrender and how they shaped the modern world with Dr. Rob Citino, Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian and the Executive Director, The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.

V-E Day in front of Rainbow Corner, The National WWII Museum, 2008.537.063

May 7, 1946—a year after the Germans surrendered in Reims to the Allied forces. What had changed in Europe? How was the Allies’ relationship with the Soviet Union? Join The National WWII Museum as we commemorate the surrender of Nazi Germany and V-E Day by taking a look back at the events of the year after surrender and how they shaped the modern world with Dr. Rob Citino, Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian and the Executive Director, The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. This program is generously sponsored by the Department of Defense.